files.getInfo() / files.get_info() methods. Information such as file name, type, and path is returned.
Getting information about a file
import { Sandbox } from 'e2b'
const sandbox = await Sandbox.create()
// Create a new file
await sandbox.files.write('test_file.txt', 'Hello, world!')
// Get information about the file
const info = await sandbox.files.getInfo('test_file.txt')
console.log(info)
// {
// name: 'test_file.txt',
// type: 'file',
// path: '/home/user/test_file.txt',
// size: 13,
// mode: 0o644,
// permissions: '-rw-r--r--',
// owner: 'user',
// group: 'user',
// modifiedTime: '2025-05-26T12:00:00.000Z',
// symlinkTarget: null
// }
from e2b import Sandbox
sandbox = Sandbox.create()
# Create a new file
sandbox.files.write('test_file', 'Hello, world!')
# Get information about the file
info = sandbox.files.get_info('test_file')
print(info)
# EntryInfo(
# name='test_file.txt',
# type=<FileType.FILE: 'file'>,
# path='/home/user/test_file.txt',
# size=13,
# mode=0o644,
# permissions='-rw-r--r--',
# owner='user',
# group='user',
# modified_time='2025-05-26T12:00:00.000Z',
# symlink_target=None
# )
Getting information about a directory
import { Sandbox } from 'e2b'
const sandbox = await Sandbox.create()
// Create a new directory
await sandbox.files.makeDir('test_dir')
// Get information about the directory
const info = await sandbox.files.getInfo('test_dir')
console.log(info)
// {
// name: 'test_dir',
// type: 'dir',
// path: '/home/user/test_dir',
// size: 0,
// mode: 0o755,
// permissions: 'drwxr-xr-x',
// owner: 'user',
// group: 'user',
// modifiedTime: '2025-05-26T12:00:00.000Z',
// symlinkTarget: null
// }
from e2b import Sandbox
sandbox = Sandbox.create()
# Create a new directory
sandbox.files.make_dir('test_dir')
# Get information about the directory
info = sandbox.files.get_info('test_dir')
print(info)
# EntryInfo(
# name='test_dir',
# type=<FileType.DIR: 'dir'>,
# path='/home/user/test_dir',
# size=0,
# mode=0o755,
# permissions='drwxr-xr-x',
# owner='user',
# group='user',
# modified_time='2025-05-26T12:00:00.000Z',
# symlink_target=None
# )